Stephen Kinzer in The Boston Globe, "Few in Washington, of either party, have much appetite for soiling the reputations of their old warhorses. It's far easier to pretend they are all innocent than to suggest they are all guilty."
Emily Oster in Mashable, "There's this fetishization around this type of brain science where just the idea that we can see inside people's brains and what's happening in there is awesome, and we must be learning something really important...But whether it's screen time that causes those differences in the brain, or other features of the family, is really not something this study can disentangle."
Recounting the 90-minute talk put on by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. Susan Rice detailed her upbringing and foreign policy work in the Clinton and Obama administrations - both of which were referenced in her new book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For.
This piece mentions that John Friedman, professor of economics and international and public affairs, worked in collaboration with Raj Chetty to create Opportunity Insights - an institute aimed at making success and social mobility a widespread and equal possibility across America.
Stephen Kinzer on WBUR, "Let's try to promote projects that unify Syria and if the Kurd's want to unify with the central government of Syria and if anyone else wants to do that, that's good for promoting an end to the war and the prospect of a secular Syria - making political progress over the next generation."
Jayanti Owens reflects on past research revealing the dramatic, identifiable differences between boys and girls in the levels of self-regulation and social skills when beginning school at age four.
Commonwealth Club Podcast

Mind Control and the CIA (interview with Stephen Kinzer)

Stephen Kinzer, Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University and former New York Times Bureau Chief for Nicaragua, Germany and Turkey discusses his new book surrounding the CIA's secret medical experiments of the 1950's and 60's. The book draws from original interviews, survivor testimonies and documentary research.
WPRI

Brown University's Timothy Edgar

Senior Fellow Tim Edgar joined WPRI's Dan York to discuss the declassified whistleblower, Trump's impeachment inquiry and more.
Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "Today we face the same temptation. It feeds government's impulse to do things secretly — whether that means spying on citizens, launching a cyber-attack, or deploying troops to a distant combat zone. Cover-ups fail, however, and secrets eventually leak out. That feeds Americans' suspicion that much of what shapes our lives is unseen."